NYPD orders Google to stop Waze from revealing DWI checkpoint locations

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One of the cooler things about Waze, which Google picked up for a cool $966 million back in 2013, is that it provides users with all sorts of additional and useful information as they travel to and fro. Sure, it has all of the mapping basics like restaurants and traffic congestion, but it also has information regarding the location of things like potholes and red light cameras.

Waze also permits users to post information regarding the location of DWI checkpoints and, not surprisingly, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is far from thrilled about that. As reported by CBS New York, the NYPD recently sent a cease and desist letter to Google asking them to remove alerts about nearby DWI checkpoints.

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NYPD orders Google to stop Waze from revealing DWI checkpoint locations originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 16:39:51 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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